Intro
Foreword by Matsuyama
Foreword by Kuroda
Foreword by Matsumoto
Foreword by Kimura
Contents
About the Editors
1: Overview
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Incidence
1.3 Clinical Symptoms and Diagnosis [3]
1.4 Treatment [3, 4]
1.4.1 Conservative Treatment
1.4.2 Surgical Therapy
1.5 Conclusions
References
Part I: Para-lumbar Spine Disease
2: Superior Cluneal Nerve Entrapment Neuropathy
2.1 Anatomy
2.2 Clinical Symptoms
2.3 Diagnosis
2.4 Treatment
2.5 Etiology of SCN-E
2.6 Conclusions
References

3: Middle Cluneal Nerve Entrapment Neuropathy
3.1 Anatomy
3.2 Clinical Symptoms
3.3 Diagnosis
3.4 Treatment
3.5 Etiology of MCN-E
3.6 Concurrent Lumbar Diseases and Their Differentiation from MCN-E
3.7 Conclusions
References
4: Gluteus Medius Muscle Pain
4.1 Anatomy
4.2 Clinical Symptoms
4.3 Diagnosis (Table 4.1)
4.4 Treatment
4.5 Etiology of Gluteus Medius Muscle Pain
4.6 Concurrence of Gluteus Medius Muscle Pain and Other Lumbar Diseases
4.7 Conclusions
References
5: Editor's Short Essay 1
Meeting Dr. Mitsuo Tsuru

Reference
6: Sacroiliac Joint Pain
6.1 Anatomy and Biomechanics of the Sacroiliac Joint
6.2 Functions and Disorders of the SIJ
6.3 Frequency and Severity of the SIJ Dysfunction
6.4 Diagnosis of Pain Originating from the SIJ
6.5 SIJ Injection Techniques
6.6 Imaging Findings
6.7 Treatments
References
7: Piriformis Syndrome
7.1 Anatomy
7.2 Etiology
7.3 Clinical Symptoms
7.4 Diagnosis
7.5 Treatment
7.6 Conclusions
References
8: Editor's Short Essay 2
Meeting Dr. Yoshinobu Iwasaki
Part II: Lower Limb Entrapment Neuropathy

9: Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Entrapment Neuropathy
9.1 Anatomy
9.2 Etiology
9.3 Clinical Symptom
9.4 Diagnosis
9.5 Treatments
9.6 Conclusions
References
10: Common Peroneal Nerve Entrapment Neuropathy
10.1 Anatomy
10.2 Causes
10.3 Clinical Symptoms
10.4 Diagnosis (Table 10.1)
10.5 Treatment
10.6 Dynamic Neuropathy Affecting the Common Peroneal Nerve
10.7 Conclusions
Appendix
References
11: Superficial Peroneal Nerve Entrapment Neuropathy
11.1 Anatomy
11.2 Causes
11.3 Clinical Symptoms
11.4 Diagnosis

11.5 Treatment
11.6 Conclusion
References
12: Editor's Short Essay 3
Meeting Mr. Masami Sato, Acupuncturist
13: Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome
13.1 Anatomy (Fig. 13.1)
13.2 Epidemiology and Etiology
13.3 Clinical Symptom
13.4 Diagnosis
13.5 Treatment
13.6 Conclusions
References
14: Morton Disease
14.1 Anatomy
14.2 Etiology
14.3 Clinical Symptoms
14.4 Diagnosis
14.5 Treatment
14.6 Conclusions
References
15: Editor's Short Essay 4
Older Neurosurgeons, Be Ambitious!
Reference
Part III: Comprehensive View